Our Team

Founding Partner

Viraj Patel

Viraj Patel is Managing Partner at Windsor Homes where he is responsible for the firm’s day to day activities, including site acquisition, investment and risk analysis, financing, construction administration, marketing, and investor relations.

Previously Viraj was Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Maiden Lane Partners, a quantitative securities trading firm specializing in systematic portfolio management. Prior to that, Viraj was an investment analyst at Balestra Capital Partners, a global macroeconomic hedge fund.

Viraj began his career as a commercial construction mortgage underwriter at Colonial Bank and Fifth Third Bank. Following that he became an underwriter in the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) division of Citigroup, after which he was an analyst at a distressed real estate fund.

Viraj has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics Modified with Engineering from Dartmouth College and an MBA in Quantitative Finance and Financial Markets from the New York University Stern School of Business.

Founding Partner

Ryan Hardy

Ryan Hardy is Managing Partner at Windsor Homes where he is responsible for the firm’s day to day activities, including site acquisition, investment and risk analysis, financing, construction administration, marketing, and investor relations. Ryan is also a licensed realtor with over eight years of experience in land acquisition and new construction sales. He excels in communication, prospecting campaigns, budgeting, accounting, contract drafting, negotiation, marketing research, and property analysis.

He is Managing Broker at Windermere Real Estate Co. / Northwest Land Team, which specializes in land acquisition and new construction real estate sales in Seattle. He has sold over $60,000,000 in real estate and completed over 130 new home construction transactions, collaborating with 20+ builders in Seattle for single-family, multifamily, and commercial development.

Previously as a Real Estate Broker at Windermere Real Estate Co., Ryan worked as a land acquisition specialist in Seattle, collaborating with 10+ builders. He conducted prospecting, marketing campaigns, budgeting, contract creation, negotiation, and managed new construction sales.